Looking Ahead: The 'way early' 2011 women's Media Poll

Much like the men, we asked the voters in the deBeer/InsideLacrosse Media Poll to share their early thoughts on the teams that will be in contention for the 2011 season with a super-preliminary poll.

Newly minted NCAA champion Maryland took the majority of the first-place votes, with runner-up Northwestern pulling the other two (and each serving as the No. 2 when the other held the top spot). North Carolina, Duke and Syracuse rounded out the Top 5.

The Top 20 is ironically 21 teams deep, as Navy and Denver were knotted with 18 votes apeice for the final spot. All told, 26 teams received a nod from the nine voters.